Mike Tyson: ‘Robin Williams and I knew same drug dealer’

Former boxer Mike Tyson discovered he knew the same drug dealer as late funny man Robin Williams as the two bonded over their battles with addiction and depression.

The heavyweight champion crossed paths with the actor when they attended meetings together to help keep their addictions at bay.

In an interview with Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show on Wednesday, Tyson revealed his surprising connection with Williams, who had struggled with drug abuse since the 1980s.

He divulged, “People that deal with this situation (addiction), we know each other. When I met him, he said, ‘I was waiting for you.’.. He started telling me about somebody I was purchasing from. I said to myself, how does he know this lowlife dealer I know? They shouldn’t be in the same state. You go to every measure to get high. Everybody knows everybody.”

When the sports icon learned of Williams’ suicide in August, the tragedy prompted him to speak out about depression.

He adds, “It’s scary. … If you have a mental illness, you’re going to think about suicide. Suicide is our comfort. The reason he did that? He really killed the wrong person. It’s all about killing the disease he possessed. It’s not about killing yourself…

“I’m clean now. But this is a constant fight. Eventually that dark entity’s going to knock on the door. The fact is we’re all human and it doesn’t care what race you are, how rich you are, it just wants you to be miserable.”